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Table 1 Unplanned readmission and UROR during initial hospitalization

From: Readmissions after elective orthopedic surgery in a comprehensive co-management care system—a retrospective analysis

Total

N = 42 patients

UROR during initial hospitalization

6 (14%)

UROR during later hospitalization at same operation site

22 (52%)

UROR during later hospitalization at other operation site, but possibly related to initial operation

1 (2.4%)

Readmission without surgery, but related to initial operation

 Certain

11 (26%)

 Possible

5 (12%)

  1. Note: two patients who underwent UROR during initial hospitalization also underwent UROR at the same site during a further admission, and one further patient was re-admitted without surgery but with certain causal relation to initial operation
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Perioperative Medicine

ISSN: 2047-0525